Like a lot of women, I'm unhappy with my current weight. Let me explain, last year for our wedding I worked so hard and got into the best shape of probably my life. I was at the gym all the time and careful with what I ate. Since our wedding, I've sadly put back on about 15 pounds, which is pretty much what I lost leading up to the wedding. It's def the never ending battle, the up and down fluctuation of those stubborn 10-15 pounds. Mike gets annoyed with me when I complain about it, as he nicely tells me I'm not fat, which I'm not saying I am, I just feel uncomfortable. I'm not happy with the way that I feel in my clothes and the way that I feel about my body. It's also that a lot of the clothes I bought last year no longer fit again. I have three sizes of clothing, small, medium and large, and while I've been in the mediums for a while recently, I feel like I'm teetering on moving into the large section of my closet.
I also think a lot of it has to do with what you are putting in your body and the foods that you eat. Now, I have never been a bad eater, I do like to splurge here and there and indulge in foods that are not good for you, but I think my food habits have gotten off track (certainly lately). I had tried to count calories and do weight watchers on my own before our cruise but it wasn't working for me this time, and that got frustrating and I ultimately 'gave up'. I think another sad fact that I have to face is that, although I don't look it, I am getting older, and my metabolism isn't what it used to be. I think even weight watchers changes the age bracket on the points scale at 29, which just goes to further my point.
I do continue to work out although of course not with the same intensity of leading up to the wedding, there is no motivation like the motivation of wearing your wedding dress and the pictures of that day you'll have for the rest of your life. I'm glad that I haven't given that up. I love my step classes, and those I try not to miss but before the wedding I was also doing a lot of 'group power' classes which were weight training as well or going to two classes back to back, something I've gotten away from.
Now this is not any type of New Years resolution, all I'm saying is that for the new year I want to put the focus back on eating healthy and getting back into shape and losing those stubborn 10 pounds I put back on. I've decided to give the "17 Day Diet" a shot. Although I'm not a fan of using the word diet, I think this is what I need to give me a kick start to get going. I believe that Weight Watchers works because it gives you a lifestyle to maintain, and is not a short term solution, it really is for the rest of your life, it teaches you healthy eating habits, including important things like portion control. From having done Weight Watchers, I know that it does work, this diet, I think really encompasses a lot of the principles of the things that weight watchers also does but in a different light. It is a little more restricting, at first, but it has different phases. And it also makes sure that you are not hungry or depriving your body of the nutrients it needs, nothing like those shake diets or anything. Plus the real motivation is seeing that my Mother-in-Law recently did it and let me tell you, she looks fantastic. Not that she had a lot of weight to lose, just those stubborn 10-20 pounds that any woman wants to lose. After doing the program for only 2 months she's lost 20 pounds. Seeing her in her cocktail dress at the wedding we went to Friday night, she looked really good, and felt good.
I'm looking forward to starting my diet, and being healthy. Mike has even agreed to do it with me, I'm hoping he can stick with it as well, I hope that he does follow it. I'm easing us into it today, I'll explain more about the specifics later..... But here is to starting off 2012, happy and healthy!
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